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You'll have pensions and retirement planning at the heart of your work, while also covering the investment, personal finance and economic issues that shape people's financial futures. Across articles, guides, newsletters, podcasts and video, you'll help people understand their options, make informed decisions and build the confidence that's at the heart of Feel Good Investing.\nWhat you'll do\nResearch, write and edit engaging pensions and retirement content for our website, app, newsletters, guides and other customer communications.\nTurn complex subjects such as pension tax rules, retirement income, drawdown, annuities, the State Pension, auto-enrolment, contribution allowances and pension transfers into clear, accessible content.\nStay on top of pensions legislation, regulation, government policy and industry developments, identifying the changes and topics that matter to customers.\nWrite across related personal finance and investment subjects, including ISAs, tax, savings, markets, inflation and interest rates.\nBring your pensions expertise to different formats, developing ideas and content for articles, campaigns, podcasts, videos and webinars.\nWork closely with editorial, marketing, PR, product, technical and compliance colleagues to make sure our content is accurate, balanced and engaging.\nUse audience insight, search trends and performance data to understand what works and continually improve our content. \nWhat you'll bring\nProven experience writing about pensions, retirement planning or long-term savings, with the pensions knowledge to write confidently and authoritatively for a broad audience.\nStrong knowledge of the UK pensions landscape, including defined contribution pensions, SIPPs, workplace pensions, pension tax rules and retirement options.\nThe ability to make complex or technical subjects clear, accurate and engaging, supported by excellent writing, editing and proofreading skills.\nSound editorial judgement and an understanding of how accessible financial content needs to work within regulatory and compliance requirements.\nAn interest in personal finance, investing and the wider economy, and the confidence to work with subject matter experts to question and clarify technical detail where needed.\nYour pensions writing experience could have been gained in journalism, financial services, a pension provider or investment platform, consultancy, an agency or another content-focused environment. What's important is your ability to write clearly and authoritatively about pensions for a broad audience.\nExperience writing for retail investors or consumer finance audiences would be useful, as would knowledge of financial promotions and Consumer Duty.\nFamiliarity with SEO, digital publishing or content performance tools, or experience creating newsletters, guides, scripts, podcasts or video content, would be an advantage. \nAbout AJ Bell\nAt AJ Bell, we believe investing should feel good. Whether you're looking for an ISA, pension or dealing account, whether you want to invest with the help of a financial adviser or do it yourself, we have easy-to-use solutions to suit people from all walks of life.\nWe're one of the UK's fastest-growing investment platform businesses, trusted by everyone from professional financial advisers to first-time investors.\nToday, over 762,000 customers trust us to manage more than £121.5 billion of assets. By continually striving to make investing simpler and more accessible, we're helping more people take control of their financial futures.\nWe're proud to be recognised as a Great Place to Work® for the past two years, building on six consecutive years as one of the UK's Best 100 Companies to Work For. It's recognition we're proud of and a reflection of the supportive and collaborative culture we strive to create for our people.\nWhat we offer\nCompetitive starting salary depending on experience\n25 days holiday, increasing with service + buy/sell scheme + bank holidays \n6% Pension with matched contributions \nDiscretionary bonus scheme \nShare schemes (including free shares and BAYE) \nHealth Cash Plan and discounted private healthcare \nFree gym membership \nEnhanced family leave (subject to qualifying criteria) \nTravel and bike loan schemes \nEmployee Assistance Programme \nLife at AJ Bell\nRegular social events including summer and Christmas parties \nLearning and development opportunities tailored to you \nCasual dress code \nFriendly, supportive team environment \nOur ways of working\nWe offer hybrid working, with a minimum of 50% of your working time per month spent in the office.\nFor new starters, there’s an initial period of full-time office working to help you settle in and build relationships.\nInclusion & diversity\nWe’re committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels respected and able to be themselves at work.\nWe welcome applications from all backgrounds and make hiring decisions based on skills, experience and potential.\nYour application, reviewed by people\nWe believe great hiring starts with people. 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